Russian and Egyptian physics scientists conducted research, which showed that the waters of the River Nile are the cleanest in the world compared to rivers in other countries.
The River Nile is considered the largest source of clean drinking water on the African Continent. However, its environmental condition has remained, for a long time, unaddressed by scientists with research and study, according to Russia Today.
A group of Egyptian and Russian scientists have recently conducted a study at Neutron Physics Laboratory of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Moscow on the initial composition of the sediments in the Nile Valley and the soil on its banks, using a method called neutron activation analysis.
During this study, the researchers determined the source of the chemical elements in the samples and level of their accumulation, which allowed them to identify the environmental state of the river.
The researchers had taken samples from Cairo to Alexandria, including the river basin, and from southern Egypt to the Aswan dam. Then, they covered the entire body of the Nile running through Egypt from south till its estuary into the Mediterranean Sea.
The researchers had to compare the results of this research with similar studies conducted in other countries, as it is considered the first study of water resources in Egypt and there are no previous studies to be a part of the comparison.
The results had shown that the Egyptian samples’ 32 chemical elements turned out to be lower in concentration than in the samples of other countries, which indicates that the Nile water is cleaner than all the water basins that have been studied so far.
